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This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona. There are 47 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Arizona, counting Hoover Dam that spans from Nevada and is listed in Nevada by the National Park Service (NPS), and Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites , which is listed by the NPS in Arizona, and overlaps into California.
Boot Hill Graveyard – The graveyard was established in 1878 as the Tombstone Cemetery and is located at 408 Arizona State Route 80. [33] The graves of Billy Clanton, Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury members of the Cochise County Cowboys who died in the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
The first known US map to list the town came in 1879, by the US Department of Interior, calling the town "Saurita". [8] The Saurita town name would continue to be found on successive maps of 1880 [9] and 1890. [10] Finally, a 1925 map of "Auto Trails" (e.g. roadways) of Arizona and New Mexico lists "Continental" instead of Sahuarita.
Arizona City is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in southwestern Pinal County, Arizona, United States. It is located near the junction of Interstate 8 and Interstate 10 at the midpoint between Phoenix and Tucson , approximately 60 miles (97 km) from the downtown of both cities.
View of Monument Valley in Utah, looking south on U.S. Route 163 from 13 miles (21 km) north of the Utah–Arizona state line Mitchell Mesa from the View Hotel.. Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching ...
The locals told travelers it "got named by a bunch of drunks." [2] Nothing has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[3]The settlement was established in 1977 by Richard "Buddy" Kenworthy, [4] located 118 miles (190 km) northwest of Phoenix, [5] and 23 miles (37 km) south of Wikieup, the "rattlesnake capital of Arizona."
Deer Creek. Tapeats Creek. Thunder River. Bright Angel Creek. Little Colorado River. Puerco River. Black Creek (Arizona) Silver Creek. Zuni River.
A very interesting place to visit, although it is private property, the owners do allow people to drive through and take photos. This property is just south of the Ranch House Restaurant. Rich Hill in Weaver was the richest placer gold discovery in Arizona, discovered in 1863 by a party led by the mountain man Pauline Weaver and the prospector ...